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Re: [Extra] Fwd: [Ietf-message-headers] Registration update: Content-MD5

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 19 October 2018 09:30 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [Extra] Fwd: [Ietf-message-headers] Registration update: Content-MD5
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In article <f0f09879-cf78-edbf-17e7-edc79034c9e1@isode.com> you write:
>Hi,
>(Sorry for cross posting)
>
>Is there any interest in deprecating use of Content-MD5 for email?

I know it's defined in RFC 1864 but I've never seen in in a mail message.

That RFC suggests it's useful for message/external-body MIME parts,
but I haven't seen any of those in mail lately either.  I gather they
may be used in SIP.

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